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Renate G. Klaassen; Hans Hellendoorn; Linette Bossen – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2024
TU Delft education system is transformed on three levels: (1) new courses and projects in existing B.Sc. and M.Sc. programs for multidisciplinary and reflective learning; (2) new M.Sc. programs focusing on multi and interdisciplinarity, personal development, and professional skills; and (3) central Interdisciplinary Projects for Master Students…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Resilience (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Ecology
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Grooters, Saskia; Zaal, Emma; Gerkema, Menno – Industry and Higher Education, 2023
The need for employees in the exact and natural sciences sector with both work experience and academic qualifications, especially combined with an entrepreneurial mindset, is rising. The University of Groningen offers an alternative Master's program entitled Science, Business and Policy (SBP). SBP combines entrepreneurship education with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Business Administration Education, Entrepreneurship
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Grooters, Saskia; Zaal, Emma L.; Gerkema, Menno P. – Tuning Journal for Higher Education, 2021
A strong theoretical approach with a specific focus on disciplinary research characterizes the common science master's education in the Netherlands. However, a work-based learning (WBL) approach may as well be expedient and suitable for science education at master's level. In this paper, a case study is presented of a WBL-program designed for an…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Science Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Masters Programs
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Grooters, Saskia; Zaal, Emma; Ongena, Yfke; Gerkema, Menno – Cogent Education, 2022
The Science, Business and Policy Program (SBP) of the University of Groningen has been a work-based learning program for science master students since two decades. This program, a direct consequence of the Bologna declaration of education in Europe, has a distinctive position in European science curricula. Here, we use a web-based survey…
Descriptors: Alumni, Masters Programs, Science Education, International Cooperation
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Aartsen, Marja – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2011
The European Master's Program in Gerontology (EuMaG) started in September 2003 with support from the European Commission. The EuMaG is a modular, 2-year, part-time international training program about the aging process and its societal implications. The multidisciplinary curriculum comprises four domains of gerontology (i.e., social gerontology,…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Masters Programs, Foreign Countries
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Van Ginkel, Stan; Van Eijl, Pierre; Pilot, Albert; Zubizarreta, John – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2012
In Europe, there is a growing interest in honors education, not only in the bachelor's but also in the master's degree. The Dutch government, for instance, is actively promoting excellence in both bachelor's and master's degrees through honors programs (Siriusteam). Most Dutch universities have honors programs at the bachelor's level or are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Honors Curriculum, Masters Programs, Comparative Education
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Biesma, Regien G.; Pavlova, Milena; Vaatstra, Rina; van Merode, Godefridus G.; Czabanowska, Katarzyna; Smith, Tony; Groot, Wim – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Constant changes in society and the public health domain force public health professionals into new roles and the development of new competencies. Public health professionals will need to be trained to respond to this challenge. The aim of this comparative study among Poland, the UK and the Netherlands is to identify competence needs for Master of…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Public Health, Labor Market, Graduates
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Kam, Angeniet; Meinema, Yvette – Across the Disciplines, 2005
International students travel in many ways. First of all geographically: they move from one country to another. Secondly, they travel through their own identities: they have to find a new place in a new context by familiarizing themselves with new values and customs, while making sure they meet the requirements their studies ask of them. Writing…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Writing Instruction